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Clinton News-Record, 1983-11-02, Page 4PAGE 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1983 The Clinton IWaurs-Record im porbilsbed ouch Illecincoday et P.U. tom 39, Clinton, Ontario, Canada. POW ILO. Tai.: 412.34123. Subscription Rate: Canada - 019.73 Sr. Citizen - 010.73 per your 0.3..3. foreign - 039.00 per yac r it is registered as second class moil by the post office ponder the permit number 0817. Tha Pfaaas-Record incorporated in 1924 the Huron fieaao-Record, founded in 1351, and The Clinton Heave Ora. founded in 1609. Total press mons 3.700. Incorporating THE BLXTH STANDARD) J. HOWARD AITIKEN - Publisher SHELLEY McPHEE - Editor GARY HAIST - Advertising (Manager MARY ANN HOLLENBECIK - Office Manager MEMBER MEMBER Display advertising rates available on request. SAS for Rate Card. No. 14 effective October 1, 1943. Industrial incentives Municipal Act limitations and government incentives may be preventing municipalities from selling available industrial land. Last week The London Free Press reported that while local taxes are used to cover the debt of buying and developing industrial land banks, the provincial and federal governments are inclined to use their own financial incentives (read, tax dollars) to encourage industry to locate in one province and maybe in one par- ticular community. With few plants even considering huge expansion programs, "consolidation" is the buzzword these days, industrial land banks are an increasing burden to municipalities that have borrowed millions of dollarss to buy and service them. In the City of Londori, there are hectares of idle industrial land for sale. This year one hectare (2.25 acres) of city owned land has been sold. Last year 1.7 hec- tares (4.25) were sold. While the city has as economic development director, whose job it is to pro- mote the land to prospective industrialists, the amount of sales over the last two years have been minimal. City councillors have a variety of opinions on the subject. Some believe that in- dustrial land purchases should be stopped. Others believe that the city should limit its efforts to fully -service land, while others think that London should be budgeting more funds to increase advertising for industries. Port of the problem appears to lack of promotion to the federal and provincial governments and restrictions in the Municipal Act. While the provinces and Ottawa can offer incentives to industry, municipalities are restricted by the Municipal Act from entering such business transactions. Municipalities can buy and develop industrial land as long as they get their in- vestmet back when they sell to industry. They cannot offer industry free land or tax holidays to coax them to their community. The theory of buying and developing industrial land and retiring the debt is based on quick turnover, but London's Mayor Al Gleeson said, the system doesn't work well when industrial land sales come to a standstill. City administrator Maurice Engels doesn't believe that changes in the Municipal Act would help industrial land sales. If regulations in the act were relaxed, Engels foresees that municipalities would be competing for soles, trying to offer bigger and better incentives. Only senior governments have the right to entice industries to particular areas. It is a system that may benefit some municipalities, but can also leave many others out in the cold. Clinton is presently looking a servicing the town's industrial park. Signs and brochures advertising land for sale are in the planning and perhaps the promo- tion should also include a thoughtful, positive presentation to the governments. Without their support Clinton's industrial pork only may used to grow corn and grain for years to come. -By Shelley McPhee. Behind The Scenes By Keith Roulston International understanding There are those who would tell you there is one good thing Pierre Trudeau can do for his country: quit tomorrow. Given that is an unlikely prospect, however, there are a few other good deeds he could take on before he calls it quits. And call it quits he should. There are signs, some experts say, that Trudeau has no intention to quit at all, that now that he's got a challenge to fight for his job he's get- ting his old interest back. Let's hope not. Despite his many critics, Trudeau has done many good things for his country. It would be sad to see the third longest -term prime minister in history go down to an ig- nominious defeat because he didn't know when to call it quits. He should quit for the benefit of his own party and for the country. A country can't remain healthy with so many people hating its leader. But before he does turn over his office to a new leader, Mr. Trudeau could take on a couple of difficult tasks that must be done if the country is to be made healthier. The first is really just a continuation of Mr. Trudeau's longest battle, constitutional reform. Now that the new constitution is in place and the country has had a chance to cool down from all those years of hot- tempered arguments, perhaps its time to finish the job and get on with reform of the Senate. The Canadian Senate has become a laughing stock of the country instead of the proud institution it was meant to be. It has become a place where the political parties send their former faithful servants at time of retirement. Senators are chosen, not for what they can do for the country but for what they have done for their party. But the Senate can once again play an im- portant part in Canadian government. The Senate should provide some voice for the provinces and minorities and balance the centralizing tendancies of the House of Com- mons without letting the country disintegrate into the 10 little kingdoms some of the provincial premiers think is the way to show Canada's diversity. The Prime Minister may be too tired of constitutional wars to tackle this dirty job but he would be undertaking a valuable service if he could get the Senate in order. Mr. Trudeau may actually accomplish the other goal I'd like to see him take on, without even trying. The Prime Minister has taken a huge job on in trying to start a new international dialogue that will get the U.S. and the Soviet Union to take a more serious resolve to solve the the arms race. His chances are less than one in a million that he will have success. Both superpowers are so blinkered in their thinking that they don't know a rational argument when they hear it. The Prime Minister is risking the last of his prestige in Canada on this noble goal and even if he comes out looking like a fool, he should be thanked for the effort. But he may accomplish something else in his battle. He may begin to turn Canada away from 20 years of navel gazing to realize that there is the rest of the world out there. Canada since the nationalism of the sixties, has become more and more isola- tionist, partly because of the Prime Minister himself. We must begin to see the rest of the world and its problems if we are to understand our place in the world. This new crusade of the Prime Minister may just do that. Let's hope so. You can still buy if you go south By Brian Costello I've been a fan of Canada Savings Bonds Irl the past but now I'm about to retire and I night even winter in Florida. Can T still buy SBs? Well, it's nice to hear that you have been iuying these bonds up to now as they are a avorite with Canadians who are con- emplating retirement. They are risk free Ind provide a competitive rate of return. As to your pending retirement - age, job or ,ear matter little when it comes to CSBs. Any lona fide Canadian resident can buy these fonds, whether they work, or spend their hinters in a warmer rlimatp spend at least six months here, then you shouldn't have any problems purchasing CSBs. In fact, they might be a convenient place for your money. They are eas -to store. You can take them with you. You can have the annual interest cheques automatically deposited into the financial institution of your choice in Canada - so that you don't have to worry about the safety of your money because you're away. Brian Costello is a nationally -known col- umnist and radio/TV commentator on money matters and anther of "Vour Money 1 Posted Sugar and Spke by Shelley McPhee Frightening isn't it? Are you frozen with terror, these days? You're not? Then wake up, you vegetable. You're supposed to be. Haven't you noticed the relentless cam- paign to scare the living daylights out of us ordinary souls? There seems to be a con- spiracy, in the communications media, to put you and me and our wives and kids into a perpetual state of fear. Advertising is themost prevalent, though not the most powerful, weapon of the scaremongers. It is suggested that if we have greasy hair or a greasy sink, we're sunk; that if we don't use a certain soap, we stink; that if we don't drink a man's beer, we're a bunch of you-know-whats. Well, all this is enough to set up a certain nervous tension in the ordinary amiable chap. What man wants to admit he's a failure because he can't rush out to his friendly neighborhood dealer and snap up an all-new Super Aurora Borealis Shooting Star Sedan, with safety belts? Or has dan- druff? But this is for the morons. You know, all the people who don't read this column. If they want to wind up with acid stomach, upset nerves, migraine headaches and ir- regularity, as constipation is now known, serves them right. Anybody who is frighten- ed by that kind of advertising deserves it. By Bill Smiley But it is not on the humble commercial - watcher that the big guns of the horror - brigade are trained. It is on the serious reader -viewer. They have moved, lock, stock and frightfuls, into the newspaper, magazine, book and "serious" TV field. Every time I pick up, leaf through, or switch on one of these media, somebody is trying to frighten the wits out of me about something. It's a bit hard for a fellow to cope with. Black headlines or graphic pictures sug- gest that I'm suposed to be shaken rigid about Communists and cancer; birth con- trol and bingo; high school drop -outs and homosexualism. Simultaneously, I'm supposed to be stricken by integration and insulation. If I'm not in favor of the former, there'll be a terrible blood bath. If I'm agin the latter, my heating bill will soar. Sometime during the day, I'm supposed to be whimpering in a corner because of : high- priced funerals; the computer, which is go- ing to put me out of a job; the unfulfilled housewife; and all that leisure time I'm go- ing to have next year, when automation takes over. You'll notice I haven't even mentioned nuclear fission, which is old hat, nor the squirrels in my attic who, at this mo- Kal¢idostoPQ ment, according to an article, are chewing my wiring to start a fire in which we'll be cremated, and do we have enough in- surance? If people weren't basically so tough, sensi- ble and mean, they'd all go to bed and pull the covers over their heads. Fortunately, we're as sensitive as an old rubber boot. But, in case the scare -distributors are bothering you, let me give you a formula that is guaranteed to steady the nerves. One thing at a time. Communists — most of us are twice as scared of our wives as we are of the Red menace. Juvenile Delinquents — hit them on the head. Hard. Cancer — you want to live forever? Creeping Socialism — better than the galloping type. The Computer — so who wanted a job in the first place? Leisure Time — be happy to have a chance to sit on your butt. Unfulfilled Housewives — fill them. Population Explosion -- see Birth Control, also Nuclear Fission. High -Priced Funerals — you don't have to pay. And so on. This little ditty crossed my desk this week, an article entitled An Editor's Beatitudes. It was originally printed in the Buffalo Lake Montana) News. Blessed are they who do not expect the editor to know everything — who tell him whenever an interesting event occurs — for they shall have a better newspaper for it. Blessed are they who get their copy in ear- ly, for they shall occupy a warm spot in the editor's heart and will he sure of seeing to it that their items get into print correctly. Blessed are the merchants who advertise regularly, for they have faith in their businesses, and their prosperity in their businesses, and their prosperity shall in- crease manyfold. Blessed is the woman who sends in a writ- ten account of a party or wedding, for she shall see the details and names of her guests in print as she sent them in. Blessed are those readers who pay their subscriptions promptly when they expire, so that the publishers can pay their bills when they are due. Blessed are they who do not think they could run a newpaper better than the editor does — yes, thrice blessed are they, because there are so few of them in the community! + + + This week, next door to me on the editorial page, we're featuring a new writer Brian Costello. You may have heard his early morning radio commentary on financial matters. In Canada Brian is an expert in this area and is known to thousands of By Shelley McPhee advice on money management. Throughout the year he gets hundreds of questions from readers and listeners regarding Canada Savings Bonds. This year to help provide answers, Brian has prepared a series of six articles. + + Wallace Montgomery of Clinton is a devoted worker with the Huron Chapter of the Ontario Heart Foundation. The chapter is gaining greater acknowledgment and more volunteers are needed to help with the work of the group. If you have an hour to spare on a weekly or even a monthly basis, please contact Wallace and offer your help. + The Huron Day Care Centre for the Homebound held its first bazaar, tea and bake sale on Oct. 29 and Rosemary Arm- strong said it was a great success, thanks to all the people who supported the cause, those who donated articles and baked goods for sale and the Clinton Legion for supplying the hall. A Christmas tree, donated by Catherine Walsh of Goderich was won by Cecelia Edgar of Clinton. A witch, made by Karen Seruton. was won by Henny Uyl of (linton. There were lots of winners at Saturday night's Clinton Figure Skating Club Hallowe'en party. Bill Crawford was the oldest person on skates and Jamie Hayter was the youngest. I,ee Cribbings wore the scariest costume and 'punker'Fallen Humphrey had the funniest. Most original costumes were worn by old" Julie Verbeek had the most realistic. Jodi Horton wore the prettiest costume and the largest families on skates were the Crawfords and the Vandendool clan. Winners in the carved pumpkin contest were Julie Rohner, Chas and Ken ('olquhodtl, the Harris girls, Annette Lockhart, Paul Vandendool and the Mccone family. + + + Convocation exercises were held at the University of Western Ontario on Oct. 27. Ken and ,Janeen Clynick of Clinton attended the event to see their daughter Jill graduate with the B.A in physical education. Other local graduates included Nancy Hearn and Betty Konarski. + + -I- Constable Constable Blaise James Doherty, son of Clarence and Loretta Doherty, graduated from the Ontario Police College in Aylmer on Oct. 14. Rlaise is a member of the Peel Regional Police Department 22 Division, Brampton. He is a graduate of Law and Security Administration at Fanshawe ('allege and GDCI. Attending the ceremonies were his parents, his fiance .Joanne Van Osch, future in-laws Bill and Ann Van Osch, grandmother Maryette Vfartin and sister.Joanne. Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow. The shadow is what' we think of it: the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Aloe vera, no cure Dear Editor: It has come to our attention that some individuals around the province are again promoting aloe vera as a "cure" for ar- thritis. In some instances, these promoters have even encouraged patients to go off regular therapy. This could potentially be very harmful and should be actively discouraged. Please bear in mind when dealing with any queries about this product that there is no medical basis for their claim that it will cure arthritis. Arthritis is, in most cases, an inflammation of the joints or the tissues surrounding the joints and no cream will alleviate this. Aloe vera may have value for certain skin conditions, but does not have any therapeutic value for arthritis. Please refer any queries to either my attention or the chairman of your local medical information committee. Joanne M. Wright, Executive Assistant The Arthritis Society. UNICEF cards Dear Editor, As Honorary Chairperson of the Ontario UNICEF fundraising campaign for 1983, I am writing to let your readers know that UNICEF's holiday greeting cards and gifts are now available. UNICEF volunteers are working hard across the Province to raise funds for children in developing countries through the sale of UNICEF's extensive range of stationery products - which make ideal Christmas gifts! The funds raised through the purchase of each UNICEF item directly fund projects benefitting children in developing countries. Each dollar raised by UNICEF is matched by CIDA the Canadian International Development Agency), and then matched again in goods and services by the country being assisted. UNICEF is currently working in over 110 countries around the world. The 1983 UNICEF Collection includes greeting cards, diary calendars, per- sonalized . stationery, giftwrap and gift enclosures, and a variety of packaged stationery for all occasions. The colour brochure illustrating these items is available now and may be obtained at no cost by calling toll free: 1-800-268-6362, Operator 508. Please join me in supporting UNICEF's children this fall - an really make it a season of giving. Sincerely yours, Andrea Martin (SCTV), Honorary Chairperson, Unicef Ontario Fundraising Campaign 1983. CWY recruit Canada World Youth has launched its 1984 recruitment campaign with the news that 800 young people would be participating in this year's youth exchange program. CWY, funded in. part by the Canadian In- ternational Development Agency and now in its 13th consecutive year, is looking for workers and students between the ages of 17 and 20 who are interested in learning about development and cross-cultural com- munication in both Canada and a developing country. These young Canadians, joined by an equal number of exchange country par- ticipants, will spend seven months living and working in vastly different cultures and communities. Small teams of CWY par- ticipants, each with a Canadian and ex- change country group leader, integrate into communities, first in Canada, then overseas, through volunteer work in fields such as agriculture, co-operatives, environ- ment and conservation, social services, small businesses, recreation and communi- ty groups. All costs during the program - food, lodg- ing and transportation are covered by CWY. Canada World Youth's first program starts in July, and the second program starts in September. Deadline for receipt of applications for both programs is January 15,1984. Application forms and more information are available from Canada World Youth, Ontario Regional Office, 627 Davenport Rd., Toronto MSR 1L2. Hallowe'en Dear Editor: Clinton's School Car had such a happy Hallowe'en in 1983 - because it began nine days before when Grade 4 carved out four different looking Jack 0' Lanterns with wonderful expressions, to decorate an association meeting with important visitors. This class also made paper "ghosts" to hang on the bare walls, which made the in- terior interesting, too. These Jack 0' Lanterns twinkled and winked OUTSIDE during that entire even- ing, during wind and rain! Then last night they formed a bright spot near the school car to welcome all the Hallowe'en visitors - at least 52 children, who entered a give- away draw for a car model and collections of nickels. The winners are: Kerry Cox, Paul Summerfield, Heather Arthur, Susan Ryan. The winning names were drawn at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday by Melissa Vandamme, Julie Hohner and Paula Glew. Sincerely, Margaret Slonon Watch for signs The familiar triangular slow moving vehi- cle sign is a farmer's license to drive his farm equipment on the highway. Properly positioned, this sign is visible from a great distance either at night or in the daytime. When you see this sign, remember, it is a farm implement travelling at a slow rate of speed. "DO IT OUR WAY - IT WON'T HURT". This has been a message from the Farm Safety Association.